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What is a cookie? Cookies are simple text files and are not as scary as some people make them out to be. Cookies are downloaded to your computer when you browse certain Web sites. They enable Web sites to recognize your computer when you return to a site so that any preferences, settings, or other specific information that you set up is maintained.

If you lose your Internet connection or your computer shuts down, cookies let you go back to shopping or research or whatever you were doing on the site without having to go through the process of finding your items all over again.

You can read the cookies currently on your computer. Your browser's Internet options or Preferences selection shows you the folder that holds your cookies. Many are from password-protected sites, so that they know you are registered and they can serve you your preferences the next time you log on. Others are from shopping sites where you bought or were in the process of buying something. Others are from online advertisers who bought ad space on the sites you visited.

The main problem with cookies comes from sites that put your personal information, such as a credit-card number or social security number, in a cookie. However, no respectable Web site puts that kind of information in a cookie. Hackers almost always go after large databases of private information, not single items on individual computers.

If you're concerned, by all means, delete all cookies. If you're curious, you can always read them and delete the ones that have personal information.

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